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## Overview

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Nociception (pain) may arise from injury or disease to visceral, somatic and neural structures in the body. More broadly pain is described as malignant or non-malignant in origin.[1]

## References

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1. ↑ Vanderah TW (2007). "Pathophysiology of pain". Med. Clin. North Am. 91 (1): 1–12. PMID 17164100.

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